Source: Guangzhou Daily
The "warm man" in the delivery room
Before entering the delivery room, Guo Zhidong was seriously washing himself.
Outside the delivery room, Guo Zhidong and his colleagues carefully entered the changes in the maternal situation into the computer.
Male midwives from the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department of Zhongshan First Hospital took a group photo in the department.
Guo Zhidong comforted the pregnant woman in the ward.
Among the predominantly female nurses, male nurses are rare, and among male nurses, male midwives are even rarer. For many people, male midwives are an unfamiliar concept, but for Guo Zhidong, a male midwife at Zhongshan First Hospital, "male" does not mean "difficult". They are the "warm men" in the delivery room, dutifully guarding the safety and health of mothers and newborns.
Photo: Yang Yaoye and Su Yunhua, reporters of Guangzhou Daily and Xinhua, and Wu Ling, all-media reporters of Guangzhou Daily, correspondents Peng Fuxiang and Liang Jiayun
"Take a big breath, don't push hard!" In the delivery room of the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, this instruction from the midwife was actually a signal of victory: the midwife must start to prepare for the official landing of the baby. Subsequently, the mother who received the force command once again exerted force, the baby's head was exposed, only to see the midwife slightly lift the baby's head, use his fingers to clean up the baby's secretions, and prepare the baby for spontaneous breathing. After the baby's chin is exposed, it conforms to the mother's pelvic structure, spontaneously rotates, and under the operation of the midwife, the baby's shoulder is also smoothly delivered. Immediately after, a newborn with wrinkled skin lay on the midwife's left arm.
This is a routine natural delivery process. If there is anything special, the midwife in charge is a man. The 34-year-old Guo Zhidong, after graduating from Sun Yat-sen University with a bachelor's degree in nursing, entered the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University and became a male nurse who was "a little red in the evergreen bush", and two years later, in 2012, he became a rare male midwife in the male nurse group. However, he wanted to tear off this label on his body and "remove the word 'male' [of the 'male midwife'), so that everyone did not have any special thoughts." ”
A lot of work in the delivery room requires Guo Zhidong to be rational and calm. During the interview, a woman in the delivery room was depressed because the baby she gave birth to had a congenital defect. Guo Zhidong sensed the mother's emotions, so he chatted with her while giving the mother follow-up treatment, telling her that the baby was born smoothly, and the whole was healthy and healthy, and too much entanglement could lead to postpartum hemorrhage, which was not conducive to breastfeeding.
Many times, Guo Zhidong is also a caring and warm man. At the bedside of a waiting mother, Guo Zhidong assessed the progress of labor, and while checking the mother's daily necessities, he asked the mother: "Did you eat at noon?" You can take advantage of the fact that the contractions are not so painful to eat some energy first. Oh, I'll help you take it to the microwave to heat it up. Guo Zhidong said that the process of maternity to give birth is mixed with anxiety and helplessness, especially if there is no family to accompany the birth, at this time, even if you just give them a hot meal and pour a water, you can give them a lot of psychological support.
After experiencing the rapid changes in the delivery room, coupled with some experiences in his own life, Guo Zhidong will always have a moment of sudden sigh in his daily busyness: "Life is too fragile." Therefore, we should live every day well, which is the most important thing. ”
Witnessing the birth of small lives again and again makes Guo Zhidong deeply feel the magic of life. "Especially after we clean up the baby, we will make some early skin contact for the baby: hold it to the mother's bedside, let the mother stick to the small face; and then put it on the mother's chest, at this time you will see that the newborn child will instinctively look for the mother's nipple." The parent-child relationship between the two of them was established at this moment. At this time, the baby looks particularly cute. Recalling such a scene, Guo Zhidong's eyes seemed to be lit up, full of light.